Informing the news
Subtitle: the need for knowledge-based journalism
By: by Thomas E. Patterson
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780345806604
Subjects: Study and teaching; Journalism
Description: "A frank assessment of the failings of journalism today and what needs to be done in order to provide the knowledge-based reporting necessary to maintain the health of our democratic political process"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the corruption of information; title: The information problem; title: The source problem; title: The knowledge problem; title: The education problem; title: The audience problem; title: The democracy problem.